All Entries in the "Mental Disorders" Category
Down Syndrome Treatment And Therapies
Parents who have children with Down Syndrome probably gave up all hope of ever having their children cured since even after years of studying this unique condition, no cure has been found.
Although Down syndrome can never be cured, Down syndrome treatment and therapies are around to help you and your child cope.
This special condition can [...]
The 3 Stages Of Dementia Signs
Dementia is a condition wherein a person suffers memory loss and loses the ability to predominantly do normal daily functions through a certain course of time.
People who suffer dementia usually have traumatic brain injuries or may result as a matter of aging in humans. Dementia signs are usually associated with older individuals but can show [...]
What Is Social Anxiety Disorder And What Are The Symptoms To Watch Out For?
As much as 13% of the general population could at some point or other in their life, meet the criteria to be suffering from Social Anxiety disorder according to some experts. This is a disorder wherein sufferers typically display an intense fear of social situations. The distress caused may be so acute that normal social [...]
Glenn Close Trying To De-Stigmatize Mental Illness
The aim is to be able to get people talking freely and frankly about mental illnesses; and not be shamed into silence, which can negatively impact treatment and/or possible recovery and actor Glenn Close is trying her best to get that message out there.
Close and her sister Jessie Close, and nephew Calen Pick are making [...]
What Is Paranoid Personality Disorder And How Does It Impact People?
Rather weird, caricature like individuals we often see in movies, those socially inept people with strange beliefs and bizarre prejudices are probably reflections of the sad reality of people with Paranoid Personality Disorders, which, it is thought may occur in about 0.5%-2.5% of the general population. It is more common in men than it is [...]
Mental Health Statistics For The United States
According to statistics, a grim situation faces the United States in terms of mental health with one in three Americans, who could be diagnosed with mental disorders in any given year.
As May is being observed as mental health month, we look at some statistics relating to mental health:
According to recent prevalence data 12 month prevalence [...]
Early Alzheimer’s Symptoms To Watch Out For
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and as many as 26.6 million people all over the world are suffering from it.
Though most commonly seen among people over the age of 65, early onset Alzheimer’s can occur at a much earlier age and it is [...]
Obesity Gene Linked To Alzheimer’s As Well
Recent research conducted in the United States has shown that the same gene that is the culprit for raising people’s obesity risk is also responsible for raising their risk of getting Alzheimer’s. This study was led by the University of California Los Angeles and funded by the National Institutes of Health and private industry.
The gene [...]
Drug To Prevent Alzheimer’s?
I don’t know about you but if there is one thing that I dread most about growing old is the possibility of getting Alzheimer’s and for all such as me, there are glad tidings. Now it would seem that a drug could extend life and even prevent Alzheimer’s.
Research is being conducted into a drug that [...]
What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder And How Can One Combat It?
What we colloquially call the winter blues or winter depression is called Seasonal Affective Disorder and it is something that affects many during the dark winter months. It is also sometimes referred to as cabin fever.
Less frequently, Seasonal affective disorder (or SAD as it is known) can afflict a person in [...]
